In 2022/2023, Belper had 168,490 entries and exits, making it the 1,350^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 806^th busiest (out of 997), with 257 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 461.62 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 12.61 passengers per service*, giving it the 781^st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 466.2 passengers passing through the station and 12.86 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Down	116	421
Up	118	429

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2009-10 Improved timetable introduced in December 2008
2018-19 Engineering works in 2018-19
2019-20 Recovery in 2019 after trains on the Derwent Valley line were replaced by a bus service for several weeks in late summer of 2018

Location: Belper
CRS: BLP / NLC: 1679 / TIPLOC(S): BELPER
Station Facility Owner: East Midlands Railway
OS Grid Ref: 434806 347564
Constituency: Mid Derbyshire
Local Authority: Derbyshire
NR Region: East Midlands
ELR: SPC8 135m 51ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Belper during 2022/2023:
•Derby (31,332 journeys)
•Matlock (9,419 journeys)
•Nottingham (7,142 journeys)
•London St Pancras International (6,007 journeys)
•Sheffield (4,170 journeys)
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